Two years have passed since the grand opening of Chapter 2.
On July 16th, Grand Hyatt Hotel, South Korea. All stage spotlights in grand hall were fixed on representatives from devCAT as they began the official press conference for upcoming Chapter 3: Alchemists.

Specific information on each feature will be posted on separate article.

The primary focus of the Chapter 3 is introduction of Alchemist as the title reveals.

An alchemist has ability to control property of fire, earth, water, and wind to reform any object. A brazier can be utilized upon activating alchemy skill to produce elemental crystals, fuse or decompose items. New alchemy skills will also be present, such as: mana forming, water cannon, life drain and golem transmutation.
City of alchemist Taillteaann, Capital of the kingdom Tara, and the story of new goddess Nemain will appear along with Morrighan and Macha. C3 will consist of its own distinct mainstream story, with less connection from the previous generations.

New dungeon system Shadow Realm will be added. Away from the cramming underground rooms, users will encounter new puzzles and dynamic battlefield where party members must strategize to successfully complete various type of missions: conquer the fortress, defend the base, item transport, NPC rescue, etc.

New chapter will also impact the current character system, the new “Character System 2.0” will allow users to rebirth at any time once the character reaches or exceed age of 20 for free. The rebirth time limit will be reduced down to 1 week from interval of 3 weeks. Character cards will be sold as usual for anyone who wishes to rebirth beforehand. Exp requirements for level up will be readjusted as well, resulting 2.5 times boost up in level up rate than the existing system.

Mainstream quest for Generation 1 to 3, transformation skill, ego weapon are guaranteed to be free contents as announced before.
Official teaser website: http://www.mabinogi.com/Chapter3/